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When the Wind Blows (1930 film)
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Wikipedia article
'When the Wind Blows' is a 1930 'Our Gang' short comedy film directed by James W. Horne. It was the 97th 'Our Gang' short to be released.
Plot
It is a windy spring night. A man tells Kennedy the cop that it is a fine night for a murder or robbery. Farina is frightened, but his mother still has to do laundry, so he is left in a ramshackle house with windows so weak that the wind blows through. A few doors down, Jackie is spanked by his father for refusing to do his homework; his little brother Wheezer is laughing at him. After being spanked, Jackie throws his school book out the window.
Later, after he goes to bed, he overhears his parents saying what a great kid he is and how they want him to grow up and be successful. Jackie, touched by this sentiment, climbs out the window to retrieve his book. He tries to get back in but cannot open the window. As he is trying to get back in, he makes all sorts of noises, causing more commotion in the neighborhood. Jackie tries to break a window by throwing something, but the wind blows the object over to a nearby house and breaks a window there, waking up Chubby and his parents. When Jackie manages to get into Wheezer's room through another window, Wheezer's dog, Pete, pushes Jackie back out again. Mary Ann next door also wakes up. Jackie manages to get into Mary Ann's room, but she throws him out as well. As he falls out of Mary Ann's window, he lands on a real burglar, knocking him out. Jackie is then considered a hero.
Cast
The Gang
* Norman Chaney as Chubby* Jackie Cooper as Jackie
* Allen Hoskins as Farina
* Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
* Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
* Pete the Pup as Himself
Additional cast
* Betty Jane Beard - Hector* Chet Brandenburg - Flustered man
* Mary Gordon - Chubby's mother
* Edgar Kennedy - Kennedy the Cop
* Charles McAvoy - Henry, Jackie's dad
* Emma Reed - Farina's mother
* Julian Rivero - Henry, Jackie's dad (Spanish language version)
Notes
*'When the Wind Blows' is the first Our Gang film to feature a music score. The music is an orchestral scoring of songs popular at the time (including "My Man"),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D6rr-RL7Vc 'When the Wind Blows'] on YouTube, time mark 17:00 not the jazz-based scorings typical of 'Our Gang' films. It also marked Edgar Kennedy's last 'Our Gang' appearance.
*All scenes with Farina were deleted in 1970 from the Little Rascals television print due to perceived racism but were reinstated on AMC's airings in 2001 to 2003.
See also
* 'Our Gang' filmography
References
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